Quadro 5000 vs Radeon R7 260

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 5000 and Radeon R7 260, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Quadro 5000 stacks up against Radeon R7 260, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon R7 260
Power consumption (TDP) 152 Watt 115 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2.5 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro 5000 has 32% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 260.
  • Quadro 5000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 260 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 5000 and Radeon R7 260 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 5000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R7 260 - with GCN 2.0.
  • Quadro 5000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 260 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Quadro 5000 is 78 mm longer, than Radeon R7 260.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 5000 is 1375 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 260.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 14−16
ultra / 1080p 5−6 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 21−24 30−35
medium / 1080p 12−14 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 260 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than Quadro 5000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon R7 260
Architecture Fermi GCN 2.0
Code name GF100 Bonaire
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 23 February 2011 17 December 2013
Pipelines 352 768
Core clock speed 513 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 22.57 48.00
Floating-point performance 722.3 gflops 1,536 gflops
Length 248 mm 170 mm
Memory bus width 320 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz 1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth 120.0 GB/s 104 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s 240 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
DDMA audio +
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